Charyn/Babel (was Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Barry Hannah hunt)

From: DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net
Date: 18 May 2006


Duane wrote:

"But a real understanding of the tradition Charyn works in came to me after reading some of Isaac Babel's Odessa stories, particularly those about gangster Benya Krik."

Derek Raymond spoke very highly of Isaac Babel in his literary autobiography (as in it's much more about the literature that influenced him and his writing than about facts of his life) The Hidden Files. I've been meaning to read him. Where's a good place to start, the stories you mention above?

Mark

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